Big or small, items have to be picked up, sorted, moved, cleaned, maintained...

Anything out reduces the load.

You aren't on my followers list - did you maybe follow Tatoulia and CM? I can't follow you back though, because mine is a business account and you would get suggested to my customers.

okay, I did it! I got 15 items from my bedroom donated. Granted, they are mostly small items, but less clutter is good!

one pair of grey sweats
3 packages of greeting/Xmas cards
a pocket knife
a sbux cup
a nice eyeglasses case I have never used
a calculator
a s&p shaker set I got on a Delta flight
a holder thing for ID
a few other things I can't remember

408/600

omg, I walked in my bedroom to sort and got all kinds of overwhelmed. There is so much stuff and I just blank out and have no idea what to do. If you have time to look on my instagram I posted photos, and would love insights. Heck, even I can look at photos and see what needs to happen, but I walk in and feel like I'm drowning.

Goal to start - 10 items gone.
I wanted to say 50, but let's start with 10 and see.

Two more items in the donate box.

132/366
Day 223

Yay closet!

I am adding 7 books to go to Birdy.

130/366
Day 222

Progress each year is a good goal, SubC!
I got motivated, slightly, and opened the play room closet to sort.

Donated/given away:
1 bird feeder
stack of pens that still work (1 item)
Pez dispenser
small toy
gift bag
small bag that keeps things chilled
new magnet someone gave me
new bird thing
2 boxes of dog food, not expired, for past dog

Thrown out:
almost gone container of dog supplements for past dog
old freezer pack thing
some kind of weird remote
old candy
plenty of little pieces of trash and bits of things I cannot identify. Not counting in the tally.

14 items total.


393/600

Good job Lila!

I am definitely behind, but I am ok with that lately I have been working on papers and folders and such and since I stopped counting them in, I have stopped counting them out. I don't think I realized how hard this would actually be, and I am proud of myself for sticking with it and already resolved that whatever my total is this year, I will just try to beat it next year.

Meanwhile, in:
One shoe sorter

123/366
Day 222

I had to record my big win, the headphones, donated!

I am also looking at my tally and goal, which was to get rid of 600 things in 2024. Well, let's see. According to epoch converter online, today is day 222 of 2024, which means we are 60.4% through the year. 60.4% of 600 is 362, so yay! I am slightly ahead on my goal! I thought I was behind. But, I will have to pick up the pace to meet the goal because I really slowed down over the summer. I will need to donate 10.5 things a week to meet my goal... basically 1-2 items every day.

379/600

Good job continuing to be accountable, SubC.

1 decorative pillow I have saved in a box for 20 years, donated
1 dvd
2 small toys
1 plastic food storage container


378/600

In today:

Cake stand sent by my mom for fun for Bean
Glass tree globe
Book
(Not counting rolling pins that will go to school)

Out 11 books to little free library

Net 8 out

124/366
Day 216

My tools arrived. I took them out and got busy using them - which is after all the point- but did not take time to do a rummage for tools that can leave in their place. I'm just going to count them in.

116/366
Day 212

Net down one pair of shorts.

127/366
Day 209

Bean and I completed the library summer reading program and were awarded t-shirts. I like my t-shirt, so I'm keeping it.


126/366
Day 208

Book added to ds's box.

127/366
Day 199

One book added to donate pile. Doesn't seem like much, but the point was a net item a day, so today is a day I don't fall behind.

126/366
Day 195

yes, SubC, awareness is the first step. It is good you are working on the incoming things. I am not to that point yet, but I plan to use this idea in the future, at least when I get into my new home.

Today's tally so far:

1 small toy
1 filing box with files (counting as one item)
Donated.

373/600

Go Lila!

It's just that the progress seems so small. I guess that's one of the reasons I started this though - because I felt like I kept working on it and working on it, and getting nowhere. And now I have to really look at the steady trickle in and not just the struggles to get it out. I really thought I had pretty much stopped bringing things in, but it turns out that I still bring a surprising number of things in - even when I don't buy stuff.

I did decide to part with two freezer containers today. I am moving more toward dehydrating and freezing in glass jars (which I have).

125/366
Day 191

SubC, it makes me happy that you are here posting away, even while I was gone for a long time. You have to see your progress, even if more items come in sometimes. You ARE making progress.

What feels great to me is cleaning out something with a lot of small items, like, a pen drawer or something. If you go through and donate 10 pens, that is a lot of items! Feels like I did something significant.

Just don't give up. You are still in the positive on items gone out!

I sorted in the play room and my bedroom a tiny bit. Items donated or thrown out:

1 cat toy
1 sock with no partner
4 notebooks - I gave these to Tot, but she will use them up and they are in her "space" now, not mine,
4 books
a dish drying mat
4 small toys I don't like

So that's 15 items gone!

371/600

Four books to the little free library yesterday..

123/366
Day 186

Three items to the donate pile.

119/366
Day 184

There has been a little more in and out, but it has basically been me replacing items, so I haven't posted it.

Today Bean took his tractor flag and one of my blankets home as decorations for his new room. I also put 9 books in a box to eventually take to ds. Normally I don't count things that aren't "mine" but these have been left behind on my bookshelf for years. And I am counting them now. Later I will just deliver the box with no counting.

116/366
Day 175

Backsliding again.

Decided to keep four toy planes from the school box and bought a tumbling mat for Bean at a yard sale yesterday.

105/366
Day 175

I am 70 items behind and it feels impossible.

5 books to the little free library

110/366
Day 170

Finally an out. Three old reusable ice packs.

105/366
Day 164

Plus nine books.

102/366
Day 163

I think my only real progress is better self-awareness.

2 old mop heads.

sigh... I am really tired of this.

356/600

I have not given up, but I am not making progress.

Bought a cute swim towel for Bean to keep here.

111/366
Day 160

I finished cleaning up the disaster Teen created with her cat. Into the trash:
2 sheets
2 pillowcases
5 dusting cloths
3 more towels
3 more hand towels
3 more washcloths
all soaked in cat urine and I am not going to even try to clean this. And, I am not replacing them. So, out they go.

354/600

another, simple landline phone
a CD/radio alarm clock that has been on my nightstand for over 20 years, but I have not used it in at least 5, since I use my phone for an alarm and spotify for bedtime music.
both donated.

336/600

Into the trash, because it was not worth my effort to try and clean cat pee smell out -
5 towels, 4 washcloths

Giving to a neighbor: landline phone

334/600

How's it going, Alanna and SubC? I am working on my room today. So far:

2 books I was reading for Lent - donated
one printed-out copy of a book that printed very small but I was going to try and read it - into the trash

324/600

Alanna, how is that going?

I did not post about the garage clean out because the items that left were either
Not mine
Actually trash, compost, or recycling
In one case balanced by item brought home from free tables at school.

But today I had to go to the farm store.

In:
One raccoon trap
One flat back rubber bucket

Total
112/366
Day 150

I am not pleased that I am going backward, but I am doing the best I can.

Well done on your progress Lila and SubC. :) I'm joining you for some accountability and motivation. I'm just starting with getting rubbish ready to go out (even if it means checking, just getting it out is the goal) and getting some laundry caught up.

Goals for the week:
- 7 loads of laundry; done 1
- 7 bags of rubbish; done 0

Thanks Lila.

I don't think I realized how hard this would be. Or how much has likely been creeping in even with my attempts to clean out the last decade.

I found a pencil pouch teacher gift I forgot tucked into my lesson planner.

114/366

Day 148

SubC, your accountability is such a win! Knowing what is coming in, assessing it and keeping it for a reason, and getting rid of things - all of that is progress. The numbers are secondary (but still important)!

I have nothing to report. Just wanted to stop by and cheer you on!

321/600

Ok, teacher gifts that cannot be eaten or planted plus scavenged items brought home from other teacher's discard piles outside their rooms yesterday:

Candle (will regift)
Little backpack crossbody bag (girt receipt, will return)
Picnic blanket that folds up to a little rectangle with a handle - (Bean loves it, will probably keep)
Set of red dragon gaming dice (I love it, will definitely keep)
Three workbooks with fun learning activities to do with Bean
One thin ring binder

6 items. Not too bad.


115/366
Day 146

Clearly I have a long way to go.

Another pair of shoes I put on to wear to graduation but realized were uncomfortable.

121/366
Day 140

One pair of shoes I never wear.

120/366

Day 135

Yesterday I brought home another glaze jar, and a free notebook, and a set of measuring spoons (we'll call that one)

I also bought a pair of earrings from the fundraiser the kids were having at school.

119/366

Day 130

Hopefully dd2 will help me clear a few things out when she is here this weekend.

WTG SubC.

Yesterday I got rid of an entire moving van's worth of junk, thousands of pounds I am guessing. Let me take a stab at what left, although it was his and I won't count it.

2 mattresses
2 mattress toppers
1 dresser
1 tall cabinet
1 bed frame
1 filing cabinet
1 metal locking cabinet
1 walker
4 hard suitcases and 4 soft suitcases
3 VCRs
a desk
25 boxes of books (maybe average of 2o books in each)
3 boxes of junk mail and papers
25 large rubbermaid totes full of items, like clothing, wires, files of papers, shoes, flashlights, water bottles, bottles of pennies, books of stamps, etc - I would estimate average of 120 items per tote
8 smaller totes of junk, maybe 50 items per tote
about 5 bags of junk like toothbrushes, combs, razors, cups, forks, seed packets, random things. Probably 75 small things per bag.
Loose items like tea pot, thermoses, puzzles, games, shoes, coats, posters, maps, pillows, blankets, cushions - total of about 50.

I am sure I am missing things. But that totals about 4,350 items left my home yesterday!

Not counting in my Daily Tally since it all belonged to ex, but wow. What a weight off!

The shoes I wore to the art show, and 11 books- out

One book, four toy animals, a nearly empty glaze jar (I think I need to count those) and a desk in need of tlc - in.

123/366
Day 124

Nice work SubC, you're still ticking along! I am sloooow going right now.

1 Christmas potholder, into the donate bin.

321/600

13 empty glaze jars.

118/366

Day 119.

I did not buy anything at the pottery sale. But my friend gave me a necklace she made for me - a copy of one she sold at the winter holiday sale.

105/366

Day 119

Dd and sil went to the sale on bag day and sil got "the rest of the curtains" for me. Except two are the wrong ones and the two I am still most sorry I didn't buy were gone. I'm still regretting those. Dh picked up curtain rods for me. Plus 8 items. But 4 of the curtains are hung.

Sent six books home with ds, so a net plus 2.



106/366
Day 115.

I'll try to work on stuff again next week after my pottery sale.

I went to a rummage sale yesterday and bought three really nice curtains $1 each. They will need to be hemmed to hang where I plan to use them.

There were more of the same type in other colors and I am actually wishing I had bought them all now, because I love the fabric, but I exercised restraint.

Net 108/366
Day 111

Lila, you have been doing great!

I stalled.
Also, I bought a Lego set my for class, it came with a free gift of a little Lego set. The little set is not relevant to the class, so I am keeping it because I like it.

Net 111/366

Day 102

I am going to start falling behind again if I don't get back to this.

I started a new donation bag from my bedroom. One wooden light switch plate (new), one package of clothing labels, one massager. I am also giving away a ring online. I found it in my car a year ago but none of my friends or kids' friends claimed it.

320/600

- one bottle of cleaning solution that I hated. Finally got rid of it.

316/600

oh it's harder but I am doing it. Gone today:

- a magnetic cheap frame that was on my fridge for years but looks worn and dirty. It was in my bedroom.

- a whole stack of clothing catalogs from my bedroom that I was saving. Counting as one item.

315/600